IMMA acquires 3 paintings by Olivier Cornet Gallery artist Claire Halpin

 

“I am absolutely delighted about the selection of my work for acquisition for IMMA’s Collection - both personally and professionally it is an honour to have my work included in IMMA’s Collection - amongst the many great artworks and artists. For any artist to receive the acknowledgement, affirmation and support of their work by a national cultural institution is hugely important in their career, and for me for the Jigmap Series represents a significant body of work and development in my practice – knowing that the significance of this work has been recognised and will be exhibited at IMMA and brought to a wider audience for many years to come makes me happy and proud". 

 

Claire Halpin, born and based in Dublin graduated from D.I.T with B.A Honours in Fine Art in 1996 and completed her M.F.A at Gray’s School of Art, Aberdeen, Scotland. She has exhibited widely in group exhibitions in Ireland and internationally including: 189th RHA Annual, Dublin; Highlanes Gallery Open 2020, Highlanes Gallery, Drogheda; Cáirde Visual, The Model, Sligo; Water Tower Art Festival, Sofia, Bulgaria; The Bulgarians are coming, Standpoint Gallery, London; The Palimpsest/ Rianú Project, The Pearse Museum, Dublin/ Tbilisi History Museum, Georgia and Artisterium VI, Tbilisi International Contemporary Art Exhibition, Georgia.

 

Most recently and significantly Claire was selected by international curator Inti Guerrero for 38th EVA International - Ireland's International Biennial of Contemporary Art 2018 to exhibit three large scale diptychs from her ongoing Jigmap Series including Syrial Serial completed especially for EVA International and exhibited spectacularly at Limerick City Gallery.

 

In 2018 Claire was shortlisted for the prestigious Savills Art Prize which is awarded to an artist who has produced an outstanding body of work in the last year, or made some other substantial contribution to the visual arts in Ireland. In 2017 Claire was also awarded the DLR Open Exhibition Artist Award by art critic Gemma Tipton at Arrival, dlr Open Exhibition, Municipal Gallery, dlr LexIcon.

 

Claire has been represented by Olivier Cornet Gallery since 2016 with solo exhibitions - Glomar Response in 2016 and Raw War in 2019. This multimedia show constituted a milestone exhibition in Claire’s career as it offered viewers a comprehensive survey of the artist’s attempt to navigate the complexity of the contemporary theatre of war and received great response and review from critics, artists, gallery visitors and general public alike.

 

Artist Statement:

“My work explores themes and concepts around contested territories and histories through painting, drawing and installation. This current body of work attempts to navigate the complexity of the contemporary theatre of war as battlefield expands to battlespace in the information age. The means, methods and technologies of modern warfare from mass clandestine surveillance programmes to unmanned warfare and its real time reporting through the lens of the media.

I strive to create work that raises questions about how we choose to record history and the veracity of painting, photography, and the media in documenting future history.”

 

To find out about each of the these paintings, please click on the image above or visit https://www.oliviercornetgallery.com/jigmap-series-by-olivier-cornet-gallery-artist-claire-halpin-imma-collection

 

For more information about the artist, please visit https://www.oliviercornetgallery.com/claire-halpin